Johny Hendricks will finally be making the move to middleweight when he steps into the octagon again opposite of Hector Lombard, and it may be for the last time. The former UFC Welterweight Champion has lost four of his last five fights and after missing weight twice in a row, he may not be in the best graces of UFC President Dana White and company.
Hendricks recently admitted to Submission Radio that this may be his final fight if he can’t get the job done. Hendricks has said this before, but he sounds more serious about it heading into UFC Fight Night 105:
“Yes, I said if I lost I would (retire). But again, what I’m saying is, if I go out there and get beat up like I did the last two fights, you know, where I still can’t compete with those guys – which I clearly showed I can’t. Now I’ll be better, I think at 185. But like I said, if I go out there and I can’t compete, well I guess I can’t make 170, right? And I’m not going to try to ever again. It’s just too hard on my body. And if I fight good at 185, well then I’m gonna stay there. But if I don’t do good, then guess what, it’s time. I had my fun, I had my time. It’s not worth going out there and training for 12 weeks and then being done, or going out there and just losing. And that’s really what it’s about. And here’s one thing that really leads me to believe that that fight was mine – did you hear the boos after that? The whole crowd thought I won that fight. So I don’t want to leave whenever the fans think I’ve won. And that’s really where my head’s at, is that hey, they believe I won that fight, so I’m gonna do one more.”
